Educação interprofissional na formação superior em saúde: análise do programa educação pelo trabalho (pet-saúde/saúde da família)

Abstract

Studies the PET-Saúde/Saúde Family, an initiative of the Ministries of Health and Education, established by Ministerial Decree No. 1,802, of August 26, 2008 aimed at promoting inter-group tutorial learning in the Family Health Strategy. Falls within the strategies to promote changes in the training of health professionals. The objective is to analyze the evidence of interprofessional education activities in the development of the Education Program for Work in Health / Family Health (Family PET-Saúde/Saúde). It is a qualitative research with comprehensive character, based on theoretical formulations of Interprofessional Education and Higher Education in Health used the Document Analysis as a data source with the final reports submitted by the coordinators of the programs to the Ministry of Health The edict No. 18/2009 111 selected projects that bring together 484 PET-Health groups from all regions of Brazil, the fruits of the partnership between educational institutions, municipal health (SMS), the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education of these projects have been developed Throughout the years of 2010 and 2011 and constitute the universe of our research. We use three categories in our analysis: interaction between students from different courses, teachingservice and active teaching methods-The results show that there is evidence that PETSaúde/SF constitutes a strategy that induces the use of interprofessional education while pedagogical strategy to foster a collaborative practice between professionals of different categories. The PET-Health in this sense seems to have been an initiative hits since it seeks to develop in future health workers the necessary skills to meet the challenges of the health system and the sensitivity needed to strengthen the commitment to the health of the public.